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William Lovelace (died 1577), of
Bethersden, near
Ashford and
Canterbury
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,
Kent
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, was an English politician and lawyer.
He was the son of William Lovelace and Alice Stevens, and studied law in
Gray's Inn
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(1548), being
called to the bar
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in 1551.
He was a
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Canterbury
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in 1563, 1571 and 1572. He became
serjeant-at-law
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in 1567.
He died in 1577 and was buried in
Canterbury Cathedral
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. He had married twice; firstly Anne Lewis, daughter of Robert Lewis (Alderman of Canterbury) with whom he had 2 sons and a daughter and secondly Mary, the daughter of
Sir Thomas White, MP of South Warnborough, Hampshire and the widow of Thomas Caryll. His eldest son Sir William Lovelace (1561–1629) was MP for Canterbury in the
Addled Parliament
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of 1614.
References
Year of birth missing
1577 deaths
People from Canterbury
People from Ashford, Kent
Members of Gray's Inn
English lawyers
English MPs 1563–1567
English MPs 1571
English MPs 1572–1583
16th-century English lawyers
Serjeants-at-law (England)
Burials at Canterbury Cathedral
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